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HipChick

(25,612 posts) Fri Jan 27, 2012, 05:14 PM Jan 2012

Obama depicted as head of Slave Ship in controversial GOP ad.. [View all]

Portraying our first African-American president as the captain of a slave ship in a political ad probably isn't the world's best idea. Mark Oxner, a Republican running for Congress in the Orlando area, did just that. It's not so much offensive, really, as it is laughably terrible. Get it? Obama is enslaving our children with debt.

Redistricting will probably result in a new congressional district covering parts of Orlando. It will likely lean Democrat, and our old pal Alan Grayson will be running. So is this Oxner fellow. It appears this race could very well be a hilariously horrible one to watch

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http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2012/01/florida_republican_candidates_1.php

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Obama depicted as head of Slave Ship in controversial GOP ad.. [View all] HipChick Jan 2012 OP

What will his excuse be??? gratuitous Jan 2012 #1

I'm going to pick JustAnotherGen Jan 2012 #2

You forgot "6) Some of my best friends are slave ship captains!" msanthrope Jan 2012 #6

And slave ship captains can be redeemed! FailureToCommunicate Jan 2012 #15

They'll pull it, make a non-apology apology and hope it never dies off on YouTube. nt DCKit Jan 2012 #8

When I saw the children rowing liberalmike27 Jan 2012 #28

He's got a face just begging for a Hitler mustache to be drawn on. Robb Jan 2012 #3

Someone had a similar thought Submariner Jan 2012 #4

Looks to me like Oxner is throwing his hat in the ring for the 2016 Repub Presidential nomination LonePirate Jan 2012 #5

Dang, these people don't need drugs to be stupid. nt bemildred Jan 2012 #7

Nobody hates the GOP as much as I do, but aren't we being a little too sensitive? aaaaaa5a Jan 2012 #9

What the heck is wrong with being "sensitive" about race? nt bemildred Jan 2012 #10

There is nothing wrong with being sensitive about discrimination be it race, gender, orientation etc aaaaaa5a Jan 2012 #11

yeah, I didnt see a slave ship Enrique Jan 2012 #12

Cough! Roman galleys were often manned by slaves. n/t Cleita Jan 2012 #21

Amen. n/t vaberella Jan 2012 #27

Dare I say how limited your world history is if you think Ben Hur was any different than Amistad? vaberella Jan 2012 #26

What do you think will happen that is bad if we dump on this stupid ad? bemildred Jan 2012 #19

Ah c'mon. If you can't see the race baiting here, Cleita Jan 2012 #20

Right ProSense Jan 2012 #13

I'm only talking about this specific video within this thread. Not anything else. aaaaaa5a Jan 2012 #18

I respectfully disagree. Capitalocracy Jan 2012 #24

It's not racism when they do it GETPLANING Jan 2012 #14

I would say, "They shouldn't have gone there," except that's where they've always been. n/t gkhouston Jan 2012 #16

my favorite bit: conflating "the 99%" with the bankers paulkienitz Jan 2012 #17

Uh, Oxner, Bush I & II/Cheney/Reagan/Graham already have turned us into debt slaves. Dont call me Shirley Jan 2012 #22

It's not so much racist, really... Dookiestix Jan 2012 #23

welcome to my world SwampG8r Jan 2012 #25

Terrible you say ... ... bayareaboy Jan 2012 #29

LIES! RoccoR5955 Jan 2012 #30